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#280904 - 06/01/16 03:56 AM NY Times Editorial 5/31/16 re NY Knife Law
acropolis5 Enthusiast Registered: 06/18/06 Posts: 358	Today the NYT carried an editorial in favor of legalizing locking pocket knives that could be flipped open , albeit not designed to be "gravity knives" in the true sense of that phrase. The editorial notes that New York State's Office of Court Administration recommends the change in law and that the bill is now in the NY Assembly. Although, there seems to be a two hand opening requirement of some sort. ( I often draft legislation and I don't think that you could draft intelligible text to meet such a standard.) Mr. Ritter, is Knife Rights aware of this pending legislation? And, if so, are you backing the bill? Oh, and I didn't attach the Editorial because I don't know how to do it.
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#280906 - 06/01/16 04:42 AM Re: NY Times Editorial 5/31/16 re NY Knife Law [Re: acropolis5]
rafowell Enthusiast Registered: 11/29/09 Posts: 258 Loc: Southern California	Originally Posted By: acropolis5 Mr. Ritter, is Knife Rights aware of this pending legislation? And, if so, are you backing the bill? Per Doug Ritter's May 31, 2016 "Knife Rights News Slice™ eBlast" : Yes and Yes. ("we agree 100% with the Times"). It is also discussed on the Knife Rights Home Page. Originally Posted By: acropolis5 Oh, and I didn't attach the Editorial because I don't know how to do it. The 2nd icon from the left at the top of the message form (the "ball (earth) and chain (link)" icon, if clicked on, will prompt you (sequentially) for the URL and link text, resulting in: New York’s Outdated Knife Law Edited by rafowell (06/01/16 04:45 AM) Edit Reason: Added link to Knife Rights home page _________________________ A signal mirror should backup a radio distress signal, like a 406 MHz PLB (ACR PLB) (Ocean Signal PLB)
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#280912 - 06/01/16 06:23 PM Re: NY Times Editorial 5/31/16 re NY Knife Law [Re: acropolis5]
Bingley Veteran Registered: 02/27/08 Posts: 1576	A good editorial. I hope New York will do the right thing. Thanks for sharing, Acropolis. Edited by Bingley (06/01/16 06:23 PM)
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#280916 - 06/01/16 07:48 PM Re: NY Times Editorial 5/31/16 re NY Knife Law [Re: acropolis5]
Mark_R Old Hand Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 863 Loc: Southern California	Even with the two handed opening requirement, getting locking knives legalized will save a lot of fingers. _________________________ Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane
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#281011 - 06/07/16 06:17 PM Re: NY Times Editorial 5/31/16 re NY Knife Law [Re: acropolis5]
Doug_Ritter Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/28/01 Posts: 2198	Originally Posted By: acropolis5 Today the NYT carried an editorial in favor of legalizing locking pocket knives that could be flipped open , albeit not designed to be "gravity knives" in the true sense of that phrase. The editorial notes that New York State's Office of Court Administration recommends the change in law and that the bill is now in the NY Assembly. Although, there seems to be a two hand opening requirement of some sort. ( I often draft legislation and I don't think that you could draft intelligible text to meet such a standard.) Mr. Ritter, is Knife Rights aware of this pending legislation? And, if so, are you backing the bill? Oh, and I didn't attach the Editorial because I don't know how to do it. Since we wrote the bill, I guess we are aware of it. :-) For the latest, see: http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=1 _________________________ Doug Ritter Editor Equipped To Survive® Chairman & Executive Director Equipped To Survive Foundation www.KnifeRights.org www.DougRitter.com
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#281012 - 06/07/16 06:19 PM Re: NY Times Editorial 5/31/16 re NY Knife Law [Re: Mark_R]
Doug_Ritter Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/28/01 Posts: 2198	Originally Posted By: Mark_R Even with the two handed opening requirement, getting locking knives legalized will save a lot of fingers. There is no "two handed opening requirement". The NYT is simply ignorant of knife technology. Having said that, all that matters is their support of the bill, which we are happy to have. _________________________ Doug Ritter Editor Equipped To Survive® Chairman & Executive Director Equipped To Survive Foundation www.KnifeRights.org www.DougRitter.com
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